Prospero Nograles

Prospero Castillo Nograles (30 October 1947-4 May 2019) was Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 5 February 2008 to 30 June 2010, succeeding Jose de Venecia Jr. and preceding Feliciano Belmonte Jr.. He was a member of Lakas-CMD.

Biography
Prospero Castillo Nograles was born in Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines in 1947, and he placed second in the 1971 bar examinations, becoming a renowned lawyer and opposition leader during the dictatorial rule of Ferdinand Marcos. He was an active campaigner for Corazon Aquino in the 1986 snap elections, and he won a seat in the House of Representatives in 1989; he served from 1989 to 1992, from 1995 to 1998, and from 2001 to 2010. Nograles became rivals with Rodrigo Duterte, running against Duterte for Mayor of Davao in 1992 and against his daughter Sara Duterte in 2010. Duterte's "Davao Death Squad" kidnapped and killed four of his supporters, but Nograles denied Duterte's responsibility. In 2017, he faced graft and malversation charges, but he died in 2019 at the age of 71.